The vice president Nadia Calviño estimates that the GDP of the tourism sector would reach 80% of that registered in the last pre-covid year, which means raising the contribution of tourism to around 126,300 million euros, while from the Exceltur lobby they expect to reach 141,681 million, that is, 15,400 million euros more.
Calviño continues to speak of “strong and sustained” growth and official forecasts include a reactivation of tourism after the pandemic break that will serve to compensate for part of the economic impact of the war and the energy price crisis.
However, the large tourism groups show greater optimism and predict a faster reactivation of the sector this year, despite the impact of the war in Ukraine on the economy as a whole and the blow that high inflation may have on consumption.
The estimates handled by Exceltur, the lobby that brings together some thirty of the largest tourism groups in the country (including Meliá, Iberia, Globalia, NH Hotels, Riu, Amadeus or Renfe) anticipate that the GDP of the tourism sector will close the year having recovered 91.6% of its pre-pandemic levels, to reach 141,681 million euros, as announced by the association a few weeks ago.
In fact, the business association has just raised its activity forecasts for 2022 due to its confidence that the strength of demand will continue in the coming months and with the new guide it exceeds the Government's GDP forecast for the sector for this year by 15,400 million.
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